The Big Issue

The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

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THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

THE BIG ISSUE

EDITOR’S LETTER • Life is not a movie. We should live it as well as we can

BIRD’S WORDS • The Scottish answer to the problems faced by ex-prisoners

LETTERS

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

THE FACE OF 2023 • After conquering the pop world with his debut album, Lewis Capaldi is back – but he’s taking nothing for granted

FEED EIGHT PEOPLE FOR £20 AT CHRISTMAS WITH OUR (DELICIOUS) COST OF LIVING DINNER

‘THE GOVERNMENT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF OUR LOVE’ • People who care for relatives’ children say they have gone without food, sacrificed their dreams and struggle to make ends meet

‘WE ARE LIVING INSIDE THE DREAMS OF DEAD PE • Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book makes big ideas accessible to young readers – all the better to change the world

DAVID JASON • He started off as a grease monkey and never joined the flying circus, but everything has turned out cushty

STREET ART • BINMAN ON LADBROKE GROVE By Sean Griffin

Books

My parents needed reassurance, not pity

Film

SAM DELANEY IS AT HOME

‘I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE’S EYES ARE OPENED’ • Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance, stars of The Silent Twins, are bringing the true story of a terrible injustice to new audiences

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Sainsbury’s, Euston station, London Every day 7am-7pm